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Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam.

By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 14:56

Tags: Telecommunication, smartphones, security, mobile security, Mobile OSes, mobile, iPhone, iOS, Hack In The Box, Exploits / vulnerabilities, consumer electronics, applications, Apple

Unthethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Friday.

By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 13:53

Tags: Hack In The Box, iOS, Mobile OSes, mobile, applications, Telecommunication, iPhone, smartphones, consumer electronics, mobile security, Exploits / vulnerabilities, security, Apple

Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches

More than 95 percent of over 600 SAP systems tested by security firm Onapsis were vulnerable to espionage, sabotage and fraud, mainly because patches had not been applied, according to a researcher.

By Loek Essers | 24 May, 2012 16:37

Tags: Hack In The Box, enterprise architecture, Architecture, software, fraud, Exploits / vulnerabilities, data protection, data breach, intrusion, security, sap

Yahoo launches stand-alone mobile search app

Yahoo beefed up its search offerings on Wednesday when it launched Axis, an HTML5-based browser app that delivers search results as page previews rather than as links.

By Cameron Scott | 24 May, 2012 00:01

Tags: mobile applications, mobile, search engines, internet, browsers, applications, software, Yahoo

Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile

U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort to embrace a growing trend toward Web surfing on mobile devices.

By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 20:06

Tags: Kevin Kelly, Todd Park, Steven VanRoekel, Barack Obama, 4g, mobile, e-government, government, 3g, Telecommunication, LGS Innovations

Windows 8 puts end to endless reboots

Microsoft yesterday promised that a feature it's added to Windows 8 will put a stop to endless reboots.

By Gregg Keizer | 23 May, 2012 18:48

Tags: Windows, software, PCs, operating systems, Microsoft, hardware systems, desktop pcs

Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile

U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort to embrace a growing trend toward Web surfing on mobile devices.

By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 17:58

Tags: Todd Park, Steven VanRoekel, Barack Obama, 4g, mobile, e-government, government, 3g, Telecommunication

Groups launch gigabit-per-second broadband project

An Ohio startup company has raised US$200 million to fund gigabit-per-second broadband projects in six university communities across the U.S., the company announced Wednesday.

By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 15:48

Tags: Blair Levin, Mark Ansboury, education, industry verticals, broadband, Telecommunication, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, University Community Next Generation Innovation Project, Gigabit Squared

LightSquared declares bankruptcy after GPS worries sank its mobile dream

LightSquared, the startup that planned a nationwide wholesale mobile network only to be shot down by regulators because of GPS interference concerns, is declaring bankruptcy.

By Stephen Lawson | 15 May, 2012 04:53

Tags: restructuring, mobile, LightSquared, business issues

Japan's Softbank testing blimp-based emergency mobile phone system

Softbank, which runs Japan's third-largest mobile phone network, is experimenting with using blimps as temporary cell towers for use during natural disasters.

By Jay Alabaster | 11 May, 2012 13:59

Tags: Softbank, popular science, mobile

For LTE network slow but thorough will win the day, Sprint says

Sprint Nextel's methodical rollout of new cell sites with LTE may not win the deployment race, but each market that gets the upgrade will see competitive speeds and more complete coverage than other carriers may offer, executives said Wednesday.

By Stephen Lawson | 10 May, 2012 04:19

Tags: Telecommunication, sprint nextel, mobile, ctia, Clearwire, Carriers, 4g, 3g

India asks regulator to clarify on 2G auction prices, after protests

India's Telecom Commission has asked the country's telecom regulator to clarify on proposed reserve prices for an auction of mobile spectrum, following protests from companies and industry associations that the prices were too high.

By John Ribeiro | 01 May, 2012 16:54

Tags: business issues, Carriers, restructuring, Telecommunication, Telenor, telephony

US mobile phone carriers to launch databases to identify stolen phones

Five U.S. mobile phone carriers will launch databases allowing customers to report stolen phones and prevent them from being reactivated, in a wide-ranging effort also supported by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and police chiefs to attack a growing problem of smartphone thefts.

By Grant Gross | 11 April, 2012 02:37

Tags: 3g, 4g, at&t, Cathy Lanier, Charles Ramsey, Christopher Guttman-McCabe, ctia, mobile, Nex-Tech Wireless, Ray Kelly, sprint nextel, Telecommunication, T-Mobile USA, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Verizon Wireless, Vincent Gray

Japan's mobile carriers to begin service on Tokyo subways this week

Train passengers will soon be able to use their mobile phones on the city's subways.

By Jay Alabaster | 28 March, 2012 22:53

Tags: KDDI, mobile, NTT DoCoMo, Softbank

U.S. Cellular throws its 4G LTE hat in the ring

U.S. Cellular joined the ranks of U.S. carriers with commercial LTE service on Thursday, launching the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 as its first LTE-capable device.

By Stephen Lawson | 23 March, 2012 08:54

Tags: 4g, Android tablets, hardware systems, mobile, Samsung Electronics, tablets, Telecommunication, U.S. Cellular

Fujitsu tech can tell when you're stressed on the phone, vulnerable to scams

Japanese technology giant Fujitsu said it has developed a system that can determine when someone is being targeted by a phone scam.

By Jay Alabaster | 22 March, 2012 00:48

Tags: Fujitsu, mobile, popular science

EU asked to approve UK's 'Project Oscar' mobile wallet

Europe's antitrust regulators are examining whether major British telecom companies should be allowed to go ahead with plans to create so-called "mobile wallets."

By Jennifer Baker | 21 March, 2012 02:33

Tags: Everything Everywhere, mobile, o2, Vodafone U.K.

Sprint cancels LightSquared LTE deal

Sprint Nextel has terminated its 15-year spectrum-hosting agreement with LightSquared, eliminating the would-be wholesale mobile operator's main carrier partnership even as the U.S. Federal Communications Commission seeks to shut down its network plans.

By Stephen Lawson | 17 March, 2012 04:02

Tags: 4g, Carriers, Clearwire, LightSquared, mobile, sprint nextel, Telecommunication

Second Japanese carrier launches high-speed LTE mobile data network

EMobile, a Japanese mobile provider, on Thursday launched the country's second LTE network for high-speed mobile data access.

By Jay Alabaster | 16 March, 2012 05:49

Tags: EMobile, mobile

Analyst: Mobile networks will need 10x fatter backhaul pipes by 2016

US cellular networks will need fatter pipes to the wired Internet to keep delivering a satisfying mobile experience: nearly 10 times fatter by 2016, according to research company iGR.

By Stephen Lawson | 14 March, 2012 10:44

Tags: 4g, broadband, iGR, mobile, Telecommunication

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